Transparency

Europeans Want a ‘Secure, Easy-to-Use, and Free Digital Euro’

Most Europeans want a digital euro that is secure, easy to use, and free, as ECB advances plans for launch by 2029.

Tackling Corruption in Kazakhstan, Serbia, and Bulgaria

Corruption in Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, and Serbia weakens economies, fuels inequality and demands urgent transparency reforms.

EU AI Act: Guiding You Through the First Regulation

The EU AI Act, adopted in 2024, establishes the first comprehensive AI regulatory framework, balancing innovation with online safety.

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Winter Storm Research Rewrites a Witch Trial Tragedy

As new research published in Smithsonian Magazine this week connects a 1617 Arctic storm to Norway's deadliest witch trials, climate historians reveal how weather shock fed decades of persecution.

Prediction Takes Politics: Prophets and Polymarkets Collide

As 11 Peruvian shamans predicted Nicolás Maduro's fall on 29 December 2025, crypto traders were placing similar bets online—five days before U.S. forces extracted the Venezuelan leader to New York.

Mladenov Takes Over Gaza Board After Regional Veto

Nickolay Mladenov becomes Gaza peace board head after Arab states blocked Tony Blair, raising questions about whose interests guide Washington's selection.

Abu Dhabi Rebuffs British Universities Over Campus Radicalisation

The world’s wealthiest patrons now view Western campuses as hazards, forcing a costly inversion of the traditional hierarchy that once defined global education.

Bury the Lead: MTV ‘Death’ and the Way We Read Now

As MTV continued broadcasting across the United States and most of Europe on 1 January 2026, millions of social media tributes mourned a channel that had never actually shut down.